CCENT how many labs ( ios programming is there)

burbob

I am thinking about doing my CCENT -- i am getting pretty good at doing the knowledge part but not sure what i need to practice considering the practical side.

Ive got the following questions



Q1 Ive read the new ccna 1st Book three times ( it didnt go in first 2 times)
Is this enough or would you recommed any other books which i should read ?

Q2
Ive looked on the cd which comes with the book and there seems to be lots and lots of diffrent Labs -- Do i need to know all these or do i need to know the basics eg -- password changes - rip changes etc . There seems far to much to remember for my brain to take in. And to be honest my job revolves more round the knowledge ( what fits together) part than actually the programing part so i finding hard to remember the simplist labs.

-- any advise will be great

shednik

Well what i would do to gauge if i'm ready is goto the cisco website and take a look at the exam objectives and honestly ask yourself. Do i know everything listed here and understand all the concepts, as well as preform and implement them. That is what i would use to gauge where you stand...

networker050184

1. Its always best to have more than one source when studying. One source may be better at explaining one topic than another. It just my have that one paragraph that makes the whole thing make sense.

2. You should know how to configure all the technologies. If you can't remeber it all then slow down and stop trying to cram it in. Take your time and learn the material. If you don't know how to configure devices from the IOS you are probably not ready for any Cisco exam. I haven't taken the ICND1 though, so I can't really give to much intput on the specific exam.

Plazma

Agreed with everyone on this.. even if you do get it all and actually pass the CCNET, you will be sloppy and somewhat useless if you don't fully grasp the topics.

As for the labs.. for the CCNA i wrote my own and did them. All together I had 10 labs of my own? Not sure.. but you can't put a # on it.

Books are great, but if your like 90% of people, you learn by doing much better than you do by reading. Now that you have read them, you can go back and use them as a reference.. look into renting some rack time, or get some cheap equip off ebay.

Or even so, you can get dynagen/dynamips to use - its called a simulator, but it really isn't one because it uses a legit IOS copy obtained from Cisco.

There never is really to much hands on you can do, but there is too much you can slam into your brain all at once.

Also - look into mind mapping.. plenty of stuff on the site and the intarweb about it, its pretty neat.